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National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)

  • Congressionally-mandated independent measure of student achievement

  • Reports group-level performance (no results for individual students or schools)

  • Reports by achievement levels since 1990

  • Provides state-level results in several subject areas

  • Administered by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)

  • Congressionally-mandated independent measure of student achievement

  • Reports group-level performance (no results for individual students or schools)

  • Reports by achievement levels since 1990

  • Provides state-level results in several subject areas

  • Administered by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)

National Assessment Governing Board

National Assessment Governing Board

An independent bipartisan board established by Congress in 1988 to oversee NAEP and to set policy for all aspects of NAEP:

  • Determine the assessment schedule

  • Develop frameworks

  • Review and approve assessment and survey items

  • Design methodology to ensure valid and reliable assessment

  • Set achievement levels

  • Release the Nation’s Report Card

An independent bipartisan board established by Congress in 1988 to oversee NAEP and to set policy for all aspects of NAEP:

  • Determine the assessment schedule

  • Develop frameworks

  • Review and approve assessment and survey items

  • Design methodology to ensure valid and reliable assessment

  • Set achievement levels

  • Release the Nation’s Report Card

NAEP Frameworks

NAEP Frameworks

  • Developed through a comprehensive, inclusive, and deliberative process

  • Describe the content and format of a NAEP assessment

    • What to measure at each grade

    • How to measure it

    • How achievement levels are to be represented

  • Written for diverse audience of educators, policymakers, and citizens

  • Developed through a comprehensive, inclusive, and deliberative process

  • Describe the content and format of a NAEP assessment

    • What to measure at each grade

    • How to measure it

    • How achievement levels are to be represented

  • Written for diverse audience of educators, policymakers, and citizens

Why Update the Mathematics Framework?

The NAEP Mathematics Assessment has not yet been informed by the last 20 years of:

  • Standards, curricula, and instruction

  • Research on cognitive development

  • Identification of future needs

  • Desirable levels of achievement

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